It was a gradual begin for futures-based ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on their first day of buying and selling. A complete of 9 of the ETFs providing publicity to ether futures got here to market on Monday. 5 will maintain solely ether futures, whereas 4 will maintain a mixture of bitcoin and ether futures. A kind of funds, Valkyrie’s Bitcoin Technique ETF (BTF) – quickly to be renamed – has been in existence for about two years as a bitcoin-only fund, however is altering its technique to incorporate ether. The remainder of the automobiles are new to market. “Pretty meh volume for the Ether Futures ETFs as a group,” mentioned Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. Among the many extra fashionable of the brand new ETFs at this time, VanEck’s Ethereum Technique ETF (EFUT) traded simply shy of 25,000 shares at a value roughly averaging $17 per share on Monday for a complete greenback quantity of simply $425,000. For comparability, the ProShares Bitcoin Technique ETF (BITO) – which launched in October 2021 amid a raging crypto bull market – reported buying and selling quantity of greater than $1 billion on its first day.
